PSE&G Ready for Summer Electric Demand with Major Transmission Upgrades
With the completed upgrade at a major transmission switching station, PSE&G is well equipped to handle the ever-increasing demand for electricity this summer...
ATC Unveils Route Options for Electric Transmission Line in Dane County, Wisconsin
Three possible route options have been identified for a new 345-kV electric transmission line between Middleton and the town of Christiana in Wisconsin ...
Switzerland Pursues Closer Energy Links with EU
Switzerland has given the green light for a bilateral energy treaty with the European Union and plans to start negotiations later this year, Swiss Radio International (SRI) reported ...
No Size-Based Exemptions from New Reliability Standards, EEI Tells Senate Energy Committee
Every user of the nation’s bulk power system, without regard to size, must be subject to new national reliability standards when they become effective, the Edison Electric Institute told the Senate Energy Committee ...
Allegheny Energy's Transmission Expansion Plan Takes Another Step Forward
Allegheny Energy, Inc. has announced that a regional planning study calls for construction of about 210 miles of new transmission lines within the company's service territory....
FERC Proposes Changes to Open-Access Rules for Transmission Use and Planning
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has proposed amendments to open-access regulations, Order Nos. 888 and 889, to ensure transmission services are provided in a nondiscriminatory and just and reasonable basis. ...
Midwest ISO Issues Summer Assessment
The Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. (Midwest ISO; Carmel, Indiana, U.S.) announced that the region would have sufficient generation capacity to meet the expected summer peak power demand....
Southern Co. Shares Top Ranking in National Customer Satisfaction Survey
Southern Co. (Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.), Duke Energy Corp. (Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.) and Allegheny Energy Inc. (Greensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.) all tied for the highest ranking in customer satisfaction among U.S. electric service providers by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI)....
TXU Tests Hybrid Bucket Truck
The first hybrid diesel-electric bucket truck in North Texas looks and works like a normal utility bucket truck, but it runs on up to 60% less fuel. ...
ABB Wins $50 Million North Sea Power Contract
BP Plc in Norway has awarded ABB a contract worth $50 million to supply equipment for an underwater power link that will increase reliable and safe electricity supply and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions....
Utilities Voice Concerns About Cost of Power Grid Rules
Meeting mandatory, enforceable standards for operating the U.S. power grid may prove to be too bureaucratic and costly, manufacturers and small electric utilities told a Senate hearing on May 15....
ERCOT Head Resigns in Wake of Rolling Blackouts
Tom Schrader resigned as the CEO and president of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on May 16, 2006. ...
Utility Restoration Practices Survey Released
A recent study on utility restoration practices found that 87% of the utilities surveyed have at least one major outage every year. ...
Con Edison Announces $5.3 Billion Infrastructure Investment
Consolidated Edison Inc. (Con Edison) Chairman, President and CEO Kevin Burke told shareholders at the annual meeting that 2005 was a year of both financial and operational strength for the company....
Siemens Commissions HVDC Transmission Link Between Australia and Tasmania
Electricity has been flowing between the Australian mainland and Tasmania via the "Basslink" high-voltage direct current transmission route (HVDC) since the end of April. Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution (PTD) handed over the link to the customer, National Grid Australia, after a successful trial period of operation....
BPA Supplies Power to Tribal Utility
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA; Portland, Oregon, U.S.) has begun supplying power to Yakama Power (Toppenish, Washington, U.S.), a new utility owned by the Yakama Nation tribe. The utility has been picking up residential, governmental, commercial and industrial load from its predecessor, PacifiCorp....
ITC to Acquire Michigan Electric for US$866 Million
ITC Holdings Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding equity interests in Michigan Electric Transmission Co. (METC), a privately held company and the neighboring transmission system to ITCTransmission, a wholly owned operating subsidiary of ITC Holdings, in a transaction valued at approximately US$866 million....
City of Detroit Orders Two D-VAR Systems from American Superconductor and GE Energy
American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC) and GE Energy, a business of the General Electric Company, received an order for two D-VAR systems from the City of Detroit Public Lighting Department (PLD), a municipal electrical utility with public and private customers based in Detroit, Michigan. ...
NERC Welcomes FERC Staff Preliminary Assessment
NERC Welcomes FERC Staff Preliminary Assessment of Reliability Standards ...
The Organization of MISO States Meets on Electricity Resource Adequacy
The Organization of MISO States (OMS) held a conference in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on May 8 and 9 to discuss methods of assuring adequate supply of electric generation capacity in the area served by the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO), a region covering parts of 14 states and the province of Manitoba, Canada. ...
Entergy Announces Second Five-Year Commitment to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Entergy Corp. (New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.) has pledged—for a second time—to make a voluntary commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its operating plants and stabilize those emissions at a level 20% below year 2000 from 2006 - 2010....
India’s Power and Distribution Transformers Market to Grow Exponentially by 2012
Realizing the importance of private participation in the power sector, India is strengthening its policies to encourage private investments. The country’s Electricity Act of 2003 caused the compulsory unbundling of the state electricity boards to improve their operational efficiencies, thus creating new market demand for better transmission equipment. As a result the Indian power and distribution transformers market is growing rapidly, according to a recent study by Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company. ...
In Southeast U.S., Linemen Compete in Rodeo
Linemen from across the Southeast United States showcased the unique skills they rely on to keep the lights on at the 12th annual Georgia Lineman's Rodeo that was held at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter in Perry, Georgia. This year's competition, which took place on May 6, featured 34 competing journeyman teams and 72 apprentices....
AEP Holds Wyoming-Jacksons Ferry Line Dedication Ceremony, Project to Be Complete in June
American Electric Power dedicated its US$306 million Wyoming-Jacksons Ferry 765-kV transmission project, the largest electric transmission infrastructure project currently underway in the United States, at a ceremony on May 8 attended by federal and state officials and other dignitaries. ...
SPL Purchases Real-Time Mobile Resource Software Company
SPL WorldGroup (San Francisco, California, U.S.), which delivers software applications to utilities around the world, has purchased the Sidewinder business from Sidewinder Holdings Ltd. Sidewinder is a provider of real-time mobile resource optimization software for vehicles and field personnel. ...
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